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3. manage_circulation This allows basic circulation tasks, such as checking out
items, checking in items, and placing holds on items.
And three roles:
1. Librarian The librarian role gets all of the above privledges, plus edit_users2 .
Typically the senior librarian or library directory gets this role.
2. Senior Aid The senior aid gets the manage_collection and manage_circulation
privledges, which allows a senior aid to both add, edit, and remove items from
the collection as well as perform circulation tasks.
3. Volunteer The volunteer only gets the manage_circulation privledge, which
allows the volunteer to run the circulation desk.
For a typical small library, only the senior librarian or library director has the authority to add, edit, or remove library patrons, that is issue, alter, or revoke library
lending access. A senior aid would be an assistant librarian who is authorized to do
both circulation desk duty and to enter or remove items from the collection, which is
more of a back office task. Volunteers would be people who would man the circulation
desk and check items out and possibly check returned items back in. For a very small
library, there might be only one person and that person would be the senior librarian.
Note this is a separate user from the site administrator.
Short codes for front side access to the collection
To make the collection searchable and visible on the front side of your blog, you will
need to create pages with one or more of the supplied short codes. Three short codes
are defined:
1. weblib_searchform This short code generates a collection search form It takes
these parameters:
name The name to use for the form. The default is ‘searchform’.
actionurl The action URL for the form. The default is ‘’ (implies that the current page will generate the search results).
method The form method. The default is ‘GET’.
The search form allows searching by Title, Author, Subject, Keyword, or ISBN.
The results can be ordered by System Sorted (barcode order), Title or by Author,
either in Ascending or Descending order.
The form passes to the action page these parameters:
searchby The field to search on, one of title, author, subject, keyword, or isbn,
searchbox The search text.
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to associate patron ids with users.
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